Cambridge IGCSE™

HISTORY0470/04
Paper 4 Alternative to Coursework For examination from 2024
SPECIMEN PAPER 1 hour

You must answer on the enclosed answer booklet.

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INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer one question from your chosen Depth study.
● Follow the instructions on the front cover of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper,
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● The total mark for this paper is 40.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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Answer one question.

Depth study A: The First World War, 1914–18

1 (a) Write an account of how the Schlieffen Plan was implemented in 1914. [15]

(b) Discuss the impact of new weapons on fighting on the Western Front. [25]

2 (a) Write an account of the siege of Tsingtao. [15]

(b) Discuss the contribution of the Japanese military in the First World War.  [25]

Depth study B: Germany, 1918–45

3 (a) Write an account of the establishment of the Weimar Republic.  [15]

(b) Discuss the impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany. [25]

4 (a) Write an account of Hitler’s consolidation of power, 1933–34. [15]

(b) Discuss the importance of the Night of the Long Knives. [25]

Depth study C: Russia, 1905–41

5 (a) Write an account of the 1905 Revolution. [15]

(b) Discuss the extent to which the October Manifesto was a turning point for the Tsarist regime.
[25]

6 (a) Write an account of the Bolsheviks’ rise to power during 1917.  [15]

(b) Discuss the importance of Lenin in the years 1917–24. [25]

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Depth study D: The United States, 1919–41

7 (a) Write an account of the growth of popular entertainment in the 1920s. [15]

(b) Discuss the impact of Prohibition, 1920–33. [25]

8 (a) Write an account of the economic developments that produced the Crash of 1929. [15]

(b) Discuss the importance of the Great Depression for the United States.  [25]

Depth study E: The Second World War in Europe and the Asia–Pacific, 1939–c.1945

9 (a) Write an account of the German invasion of France. [15]

(b) Discuss the extent to which the Battle of Britain was a turning point in the Second World War.
[25]

10 (a) Write an account of the Japanese conquest of Malaya.  [15]

(b) Discuss the importance of the fall of Singapore.  [25]

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